Determined to give his son the breast milk he knew his wife wanted for the child, widower Robbie Goodrich was exploring his options when a friend offered to breast-feed the infant herself.

Soon, 20 other mothers followed suit, giving Moses an entire team of moms to nurse from.

"It's been such an incredible outpouring of community love for this child of mine," Robbie Goodrich told CNN. "This has certainly stretched the parameters of what is public. I've had to open the door to complete strangers, inviting them into the most private, intimate part of my life."

Strangers and friends alike volunteered, including a former student of Susan's (she worked at Northern Michigan University where Robbie still teaches history).

Up to seven women a day were on the schedule, a big white board that still stands in the Goodrich's dining room, to feed baby Moses. As some women rotated out of the schedule - because they moved away, weaned their own children, or were on vacation - others rotated in.

And a year later, they're still there.

"I don't know if you can make this year any easier," said Goodrich told CNN. "But I have people there to share it with me. And you can imagine, they're compassionate, empathetic people."